As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or belonging to a colony (in various senses)’; = colonial, adj.
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释义 | society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [adjective] > relating to former British colonies (4) colony1637 As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or belonging to a colony (in various senses)’; = colonial, adj. provincial1676 spec. Of or relating to European, esp. British, colonies in North America; colonial. Cf. sense B. 2b. Now historical. colonial1766 Of, relating to, or belonging to a colony or colonies, esp. those of the British Empire (cf. colony, n. 3c). colonial1776 Of or belonging to the (former) British colonies in North America, esp. those that ratified the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and thereby… |
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